Real Estate

If there’s one thing most buyers know about VA loans, it’s that they are the best way for veterans of the United States military to purchase a home with no money down. But one thing that isn’t always understood is the relationship between VA loans and credit scores (also known …

Builders’ confidence in the single-family home market was essentially unchanged this month, rising only one point. Still, the 61 ranking is the highest reading since November 2005, according to data released Monday by the National Association of Home Builders, a trade association in Washington, D.C. Builder confidence is on a …

An office building vacated earlier this year by San Bernardino County will soon be used by Early Head Start and a charter school. The building at 799 E. Rialto Ave. covers 23,500 square feet and will be fully occupied after its new tenants move in, said Rick Lazar, senior vice …

Part of the Temecula Town Center is up for sale. Nearly 242,000 square feet of the 491,700-square-foot retail development is up for auction, with all bids to submitted by next Monday, said Michele Schierberl, senior vice president with Colliers International Irvine. The property, which was foreclosed on two years ago, …

Buying a house in California is becoming more difficult. Thirty percent of the state’s households could afford to purchase a median-priced home of $485,100 during the second quarter of this year, down four percentage points from the first quarter, according to data released Tuesday by the California Association of Realtors. …

As most people know, the housing boom and subsequent crash of the past decade resulted in mortgage lending guidelines being tightened across the country. Because they are mortgage loans backed by the federal government, FHA loans were an especially big target of this effort. Most good lenders would agree that …